The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.


The luster of morocco may be re-
stored by vanishing it with the white
OF an egg. Apply with sponge.
Horses enjoy the kind familiarity
OF their owners and drivers, and work
more eheerfully with than without it.
Quiet a kicking COW by simply
putting strap in her mouth and buck
ling it tightly behind her horns
american CasltiUdtor.
An English gardener advises trap
ping ants with bones upon which some
meat has been left. and dipping occa-
sionally in hot water. For "slugs and
wineworms" he uses pieces of potato
or carrot.
The asparagus bed must be at
tended to early. Fork in plentiful
supply of fine, well-rotted manure, so
as to allow the rains to carry down the
soluble portions to the roots of the
plants. Chicago journal.
Silver dried out of hot water on a
clean cloth will be always bright, and
will not always need the weekly clean
ing. It is the washing in lukewarm
water and drying when cold that gives
the dull. leaden appearance after few
days use.
Plum Pudding. One pound cur
rants, one pound bread crumbs, one
half pound raisins, one pound suet
chopped fine, four eggs, one tablespoon
brandy, sugar and nutmeg to taste,
orange and lemon peel candied.-BoS-
ton Budget.
Water in which potatoes have been
boiled will cleanse acknowledgement
wooden or worsted goods. The dress
should be wet all over. Use no soap.
Rinse in clear, warm water. Press
while still damp. This will not injure
the most delicate colors.-GOod House
keeping.
Warm Slaw.-Take the best part of
cabbage and slice it fine; take two
eggs well-beaten. one cup of vinegar,
one cup of sweet cream, put the vine
gar on the stove, and when boiling hot
stir in the cream and eggs. Press it
down with plate, and add little salt
and butter. Boston Bulletin.
Five or six years is the average
term of duration of raspberry planta-
tons; if retained longer, the fruit is
small and but little of it. As it takes
year OF two for the plants to reach
their best bearing condition, it is well
to make new plantation every third
year, and thus have two plants, one
coming into full bearing as the other
is going out. Plants can be set in fall
OF spring.-Iroy Times.
"A dainty way to make chocolate is
to set an earthen pot in kettle of boil
ing water; in this place quart of milk
and cream mixed. Stir into this when
it is hot paste made by mixing three
heaping tablespoonful of grated ehoc-
olate with little cold milk. Let this
boil two or three minutes and serve
very hot. Ii the chocolate is sweetened
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each one add it at the table if it is not
sweet enough but if the unsweetened
chocolate is used, two dessert-spoonfuls
may be put in while it is cooking.-The
Household
1t is important to know that the
walls of a nursery are harmless. 1t has
more than once hammered that children
have allied mysteriously from injurious
wall papers, and the prettier the paper
very often the more risk there is of dam
ger. Nothingis more cheerful OF more
wholesome than light color wash. 1t
can at any time be washed and kept
sweet and clean it holds no infection,
like paper, in case of the epidemics to
which children are so liable, and it
offers good background for the pict-
ures which should always adorn nur-
sery.